| Just Wait |
Just Wait
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in
their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does
from beginning to end.
— Ecclesiastes 3:11
Jairus was a well-known, powerful, wealthy individual who was the head
of the local synagogue. When his 12-year-old daughter, his only child,
was in great need, he sought out Jesus to heal her.
We don't know whether Jairus was a believer in Jesus. As the head of
the synagogue, he would have been a religious man. He probably had
heard about Jesus. Maybe he had already put his faith in Him. The
Scripture doesn't say. But Jairus believed that Jesus could save his
daughter's life. So he went and found the Lord and begged Him to heal
his daughter. He placed his complete trust in Jesus.
But as they were on the way to his house, the news came that his
daughter had died. The reason they did not get to his daughter more
quickly was because a woman in need of healing came along and
touched Jesus, and He stopped and demanded to know who it was that
touched Him.
Yet Jairus did not complain. Rather, he committed himself to Jesus,
believing that God knew what He was doing. His faith was dramatic,
especially because at this particular time in Jesus' ministry, He had not
raised anyone from the dead. Granted, He had healed people. But
there had been no resurrections.
Jairus had to wait, and we have to wait. A lot of us grow impatient with
God, and in our impatience, we can foolishly take things into our own
hands and make them far worse. Know this: God's delays are not
necessarily His denials. We need to wait on the Lord. God's timing is
just as important as His will. He doesn't ask for us to understand. He
just asks us to trust.
C4W Devotions are used by permission from
Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie
P.O. Box 4000
Riverside , CA 92514
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in
their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does
from beginning to end.
— Ecclesiastes 3:11
Jairus was a well-known, powerful, wealthy individual who was the head
of the local synagogue. When his 12-year-old daughter, his only child,
was in great need, he sought out Jesus to heal her.
We don't know whether Jairus was a believer in Jesus. As the head of
the synagogue, he would have been a religious man. He probably had
heard about Jesus. Maybe he had already put his faith in Him. The
Scripture doesn't say. But Jairus believed that Jesus could save his
daughter's life. So he went and found the Lord and begged Him to heal
his daughter. He placed his complete trust in Jesus.
But as they were on the way to his house, the news came that his
daughter had died. The reason they did not get to his daughter more
quickly was because a woman in need of healing came along and
touched Jesus, and He stopped and demanded to know who it was that
touched Him.
Yet Jairus did not complain. Rather, he committed himself to Jesus,
believing that God knew what He was doing. His faith was dramatic,
especially because at this particular time in Jesus' ministry, He had not
raised anyone from the dead. Granted, He had healed people. But
there had been no resurrections.
Jairus had to wait, and we have to wait. A lot of us grow impatient with
God, and in our impatience, we can foolishly take things into our own
hands and make them far worse. Know this: God's delays are not
necessarily His denials. We need to wait on the Lord. God's timing is
just as important as His will. He doesn't ask for us to understand. He
just asks us to trust.
C4W Devotions are used by permission from
Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie
P.O. Box 4000
Riverside , CA 92514
| C4W Devotions are used by permission from Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie P.O. Box 4000 Riverside , CA 92514 |